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		<title>&#8220;Slavery is not a thing of the past — that is a myth&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Version of this article is Published on the Toronto Star Global Voices at TheStar.com The word ’slavery’ is most often heard in history classes these days, rather than in common conversation. However, nearly 150 years after slavery was “abolished”, there are over 27 million slaves around the world today! On September 22, 1862 President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young people have a place in politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helping young people understand the power they have to effect change in their communities was the focus of Local Democracy Week, hosted at Queen’s Park in Toronto in November 2010. Marc Kielburger and Daniel Francavilla at LDW 2010 Local activist Louroz Mercader, founder of the Institute for Youth Citizenship (IYC) who created the event, recapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Democracy Week: Power to raise voices, knock on doors and make change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students learn that democracy, at its heart and soul, is about people&#8217;s voices By Daniel Francavilla Toronto Star Global Voices Imagine having no voice. No vote for a political party, no say in where your tax money is spent and no way of stopping daily injustice. Thankfully, Canada is a democratic country and citizens, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know where your shirt came from?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be responsible with your t-shirts, ethical options are available Daniel FrancavillaGLOBAL VOICES Today, anyone can order custom t-shirts at very affordable prices. But for retailers to offer such low prices, the concern is about who gets cut short. Although a label stating &#8220;Made in China&#8221; does not mean that children in sweatshops made the product, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity necessary during economic uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 24, 2008Daniel FrancavillaGLOBAL VOICES Today, innocent children are dying due to poverty around the world – one every two seconds. Yet, on Black Friday, a Wal-Mart worker in the United States was trampled to death by consumers rushing to retail sales. The impending financial disaster is creating a perfect storm for non-profit organizations trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Americans become obese while foreign children starve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel FrancavillaTheStar.com &#8211; Global Voices Is the world experiencing a food shortage? Surprisingly, there is no documented shortage whatsoever. There is, however, a huge imbalance in the distribution of food. In fact, the average American consumes as much food as 32 Kenyans do. In 2005, Health Canada confirmed that obesity rates in Canada have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth should be more aware of Current Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel FrancavillaTheStar.com &#8211; Global Voices Today, in an age where a world of information is accessible with the click of a mouse through sources such as Google News, it appears that many youth are not aware of the events that are occurring around them. From solider deaths in the Middle East to fundraising events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Better readers become better thinkers&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel FrancavillaTheStar.com &#8211; Global Voices Yes, there was the Harry Potter craze along with a couple of other popular novels recently – but in general, today’s youth seems to be putting books on the back-burner. The written word can’t compete with an X-Box 360 or an iPod Video. Despite the lack of interest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is technology making us less personal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Francavilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Francavilla TheStar.com &#8211; Global Voices While a world full of technology — especially in North America — has improved our lives, how has it affected us socially? Peter Fujiwara, a high school communications technology teacher who has also worked for Microsoft, York University, and at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Office, feels [...]]]></description>
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